SEBRING — After five years of planning, 40 new kennels will welcome shelter dogs this weekend at the Highlands County Humane Society. Complete with an open meet and greet area, work station, and washing area, the new building offers dogs a cleaner, safer, more secure home. Humane Society Board President …
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Relay for Life today in Avon Park AVON PARK — ‘There’s No Place Like Hope’ is the theme of the annual Avon Park Relay for Life that steps-off at noon Saturday, March 28 at the football field of Avon Park …
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AVON PARK – ‘There’s No Place Like Hope’ is the theme of the annual Avon Park Relay for Life that steps-off at noon this Saturday at the football field of Avon Park High School. “We are going to have activities …
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AVON PARK – The City of Avon Park is considering forming a team of citizens and business owners to develop a master plan on how to best market the sale of the historic downtown Brickell Building. City Manager Julian Deleon …
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SEBRING – A man was jailed this week after allegedly sending harassing texts to a woman. Louis Arno Huff, 28, of Sebring, was charged with aggravated stalking and contempt of court in violation of an injunction of protection for domestic …
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LAKE PLACID — John Varady, director of the Miracle League for Highlands County since 2011, announced he will be stepping down from the position after the Spring Game on April 11. “Over the last couple of years, I realized that …
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AVON PARK — The Avon Park Executive Airport owes the City of Avon Park more than $780,000. The debt — accumulated over a 10-year-period — includes $300,000 transferred from the city’s general fund this year to finance emergency clean up …
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LAKE PLACID — Police Chief James Fansler does not believe it’s possible to completely eliminate crime, although he tries. “It’s kind of like the war on drugs,” Fansler said. “There’s no end.” He never expects to “program himself out of …
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SEBRING — Sebring International Raceway had to contend with not one, but two sprinters on the active track during the 63rd annual Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring, Fueled by Fresh From Florida: A man and a squirrel. Highlands County …
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AVON PARK – The Brickell Building sale is officially dead, but it might have died in silence if not for a question asked at the end of Monday’s city council meeting. Dr. Dennis Mungall, who has been a vocal opponent …
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SEBRING — The Sebring Community Redevelopment Agency has a deal for local builders and it involves free land. The CRA and the City of Sebring are seeking proposals from licensed contractors and developers for the residential development of five city-owned …
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SEBRING — Race officials have a new concern to contend with Saturday – the heat. “It’s hot, man,” Capt.Randy Labelle of the Highlands County Sheriff’s office said Friday. “The heat is definitely a concern out here.” With temperatures expected to …
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SEBRING —Pet owners in Sebring need to watch what their animals are doing — or perhaps what they stop to do — on public property if they want to avoid possibly being fined. The Sebring City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday …
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TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Legislature is considering several new measures to restrict abortions, including one with a strong chance of passage that calls for a 24-hour waiting period before a woman can undergo the procedure. That measure, House Bill 0633, …
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FORT PIERCE — The congregants of a close-knit Haitian church gathered Monday around Nicolas Alexis, hoping to learn what happened to 18 friends and loved ones who had been expected to return that morning from a late Palm Sunday service. …
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — You can take your beach towels and floral headbands, but forget that selfie stick if you’re going to the Coachella or Lollapalooza music festivals. The sticks are banned this year at the events in Indio, Calif., …
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KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A wild rhino charged into a city in southern Nepal on Monday, killing a woman, injuring several others and chasing panicked people through the main market and a hospital, an official said. Attempts to force the …
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FORT MEADE, Md. — Two men dressed as women smashed a stolen car into a police vehicle after they disobeyed commands at the closely guarded gates of the National Security Agency on Monday, prompting police to open fire. One of …
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SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine woman’s decision to seek a kidney donor by putting a personal plea in bright yellow letters on her car has paid off. Christine Royles of South Portland, who suffered kidney failure because of …
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CHICAGO (AP) — An apple a day doesn’t necessarily keep the doctor away. That’s according to proverb-busting research that found daily apple eaters had just as many doctor visits as those who ate fewer or no apples. The findings don’t …
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WASHINGTON — In the never-ending quest to preserve the government’s history, there have been plenty of weapons of mass destruction. Before delete keys on computers, there were paper shredders, erase buttons on tape recorders and trash cans. Think Oliver North …
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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram extremists killed 41 people, including a legislator, and scared hundreds of people from polling stations but millions voted across Nigeria Saturday in the most closely contested presidential race in the nation’s history. All the …
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program grew frantic on Saturday amid signs of discord, with the French and German foreign ministers joining U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in talks with Tehran’s top diplomat ahead of an …
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Soon after Fidel Castro came to power, his government seized the refineries, hotels and sugar plantations that were the most visible signs of the American hold on the island’s economy. But a look at long- unsettled claims for what was …
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TALLAHASSEE — In a state legislative session preoccupied with gambling, guns, booze and tax cuts, the Children’s Movement of Florida is pushing a cause that gets little attention: health care and early education for children from poor families. It may …
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NEW YORK (AP) — A tough week on the stock market ended quietly Friday. Major indexes notched modest gains, not nearly enough to make up for the four previous days of losses. It wound up being the second-worst week for …
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MONTABAUR, Germany — Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz appeared happy and healthy to acquaintances, but a picture emerged Friday of a man who hid evidence of an illness from his employers — including a torn-up doctor’s note that would have kept …
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NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Members of a University of Oklahoma fraternity apparently learned a racist chant that recently got their chapter disbanded during a national leadership cruise four years ago that was sponsored by the fraternity’s national administration, the university’s …
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy’s tepid performance last quarter — a 2.2 percent annual growth rate — was typical of the economic rebound that began in the summer of 2009. Yet the sluggish pace of the recovery has a silver …
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TALLAHASSEE — Florida legislators on Friday endorsed a line of changes for the state’s public schools, including easing class- size penalties for school districts and encouraging students to start wearing uniforms. The Florida House passed several education bills, including one …
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NEW YORK (AP) — Someone may have improperly tapped a gas line before an explosion that leveled three apartment buildings and injured nearly two dozen people, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday as firefighters soaked the still-smoldering buildings and police …
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The federal government spent over $700,000 to repair part of a steel border fence that was knocked down by debris from a rainstorm last summer. Repairs on the 60 feet of rebar-reinforced fencing in Nogales, Ariz., …
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LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Citrus growers are looking for a change in federal tax law that would allow them immediately to write off the cost of planting new citrus groves. Under a proposed change in the law, growers wouldn’t have …
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Guns, gun rights and gun owners are getting plenty of attention in the Florida Legislature this year, including what may be some nice tax breaks. A tax cut package proposed in the state House would exempt …
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Amid continued backlash over Florida’s testing regimen, the state may stop holding back third grade students who fail the state’s standardized tests. If Florida lawmakers agree to the change, it would mark a major departure from …
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The United States is considering letting Tehran run hundreds of centrifuges at a once-secret, fortified underground bunker in exchange for limits on centrifuge work and research and development at other sites, officials have told The Associated …
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SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Saudi Arabia bombed key military installations in Yemen on Thursday, leading a regional coalition in a campaign against Shiite rebels who have taken over much of the country and drove out the president. The dramatic military …
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States persuaded Iraq to sideline Iranian-backed Shiite militias as a condition to American airstrikes in the strategic city of Tikrit, a senior U.S. general said Thursday. The move limits Iran’s influence, at least temporarily, and …
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(Bloomberg) — Gold extended its longest run of gains in more than two years as Saudi Arabia and its allies started bombing targets in Yemen, boosting demand for haven assets. Oil rose to the highest in more than two weeks …
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